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East Germany

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Parliament buildings over looks the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland, Oct. 28, 2022. 
Critical State
State reformation: Part I
In this Jan. 16, 2020, file photo an uniper coal-fired power plant and BP refinery steam beside a wind generator in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
The Big Fix
What Germany can teach the US about quitting coal
a German flag waves and a protester holds up a sign that says "tolerance Nazi"
Extremism
Is there a ‘Nazi emergency’ in the German city of Dresden?
A woman holds a video camera in her hand in a black and white photo
Vintage home movies show another side of life in East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall
Women hold bags and signs that read: "Same pay for same work" at a rally for equal pay in Berlin, Germany, 2015.
Jobs
Women in Germany’s east earn close to what men do. Can we thank socialism for that?
Bad Doberan, Germany is the home of Zappanale, an annual summer festival inspired by the life and work of Frank Zappa.
Culture
In the former East Germany, Frank Zappa lives on as a beacon of freedom
People walk under the "Lichtgrenze" installation along the River Spree in Berlin on November 8, 2014. A part of the inner city of Berlin was temporarily divided with a light installation to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Conflict
This Berlin friendship began over the radio and in the shadow of the Wall
A part of the inner city of Berlin will be temporarily divided from November 7 to 9, 2014, with a light installation featuring 8,000 luminous white balloons to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Here a woman walks in front of
Global Politics
During the Cold War, buying people from East Germany was common practice
Mars
Global Scan
India’s low-budget Mars probe snaps an iconic photo of the red planet
A cover illustration for the Communist-era board game Burokratopoly, which is being re-launched by Berlin's DDR Museum.
Culture
To understand life in East Germany, all you need is this board game
Blood Bucket Challenge video
Global Scan
European youth have started the #BloodBucketChallenge
Actors Rebecca Schneebaum, Maureen Keiller and Bobbie Steinbach (not pictured) performed "Muttersprache Mameloschn" at the Goethe Institut in Boston.
Arts, Culture & Media
What happened to Jewish survivors who stayed in the former East Germany after the Holocaust?
Global Politics
Cold War linguists: NSA spies in Teufelsberg kept ear on Soviets
Global Politics
Anniversary prompts memories of German teen who landed private plan in Red Square
Arts, Culture & Media
New documentary looks at development of skateboarding culture in East Germany
California-based Cold War museum tries to preserve reminders of bygone era